From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43A2D202F3 for ; Wed, 20 Jul 2016 21:10:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755072AbcGTVKU (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Jul 2016 17:10:20 -0400 Received: from smtp-out-5.talktalk.net ([62.24.135.69]:15239 "EHLO smtp-out-5.talktalk.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754861AbcGTVKS (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Jul 2016 17:10:18 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain ([92.22.79.77]) by smtp.talktalk.net with SMTP id PykwbXvjRHGLwPykzbEmcj; Wed, 20 Jul 2016 22:10:17 +0100 X-Originating-IP: [92.22.79.77] X-Spam: 0 X-OAuthority: v=2.2 cv=dsCZMBo4 c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=YfJyJ16zsu2qLTmLoX9DvA==:117 a=YfJyJ16zsu2qLTmLoX9DvA==:17 a=xtxXYLxNAAAA:8 a=O560aJCABnCqEozDy2QA:9 a=xts0dhWdiJbonKbuqhAr:22 From: Philip Oakley To: GitList Cc: Junio C Hamano , Jeff King , Marc Branchaud , =?UTF-8?q?Jakub=20Nar=C4=99bski?= Subject: [PATCH v4 2/8] doc: revisions - name the left and right sides Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 22:10:01 +0100 Message-Id: <20160720211007.5520-3-philipoakley@iee.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.9.0.windows.1 In-Reply-To: <20160720211007.5520-1-philipoakley@iee.org> References: <20160711202518.532-1-philipoakley@iee.org> <20160720211007.5520-1-philipoakley@iee.org> X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfEdtb9l/j5ZqJiRy6mUS9UCi3a6rGRjBAbA0rfzjDP/KDnVyhP7EPH5t78I6ZnbdcidHauRbGaeAhtO/+vfkLFVPnSldZhVn13vmaSretOzPWwzO0ktL JvR0H//OwluXcdWNc8xF1xM/p8kChVOnUq3rubTHyu+6EBiD2BPJSrViRwrnIbHfd7lGiMI3pyM1VA+t3NaYb1AZo+FhdO23Q39B8AlOm0jBm6caWEDMaYKK qQd0YaDT1UwqIW7zyDDtoKpET76iv1FMZsY1xqt0znztDMUX7ywbd3NouQ+R0ztF Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org The terms left and right side originate from the symmetric difference. Name them there. Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley --- Documentation/revisions.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/revisions.txt b/Documentation/revisions.txt index 19314e3..6e9cd41 100644 --- a/Documentation/revisions.txt +++ b/Documentation/revisions.txt @@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ A similar notation 'r1\...r2' is called symmetric difference of 'r1' and 'r2' and is defined as 'r1 r2 --not $(git merge-base --all r1 r2)'. It is the set of commits that are reachable from either one of -'r1' or 'r2' but not from both. +'r1' (left side) or 'r2' (right side) but not from both. In these two shorthands, you can omit one end and let it default to HEAD. For example, 'origin..' is a shorthand for 'origin..HEAD' and asks "What -- 2.9.0.windows.1